Staff Software Developer - Data Plane

Work Arrangement: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 80 KM radius of Markham Elevation Centre or Oshawa Elevation Centre, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

At General Motors, we envision a future characterized by zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. We are pioneering the next generation of vehicle compute platforms, revolutionizing automotive software development, and integrating seamless connections between cloud and edge resources. Join us as we lead the way towards a sustainable and safe automotive future.
We are seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer with expertise in data intensive systems to join our dynamic engineering team.

The Role

We are looking for a skilled Staff Software Engineer with a deep understanding of building data intensive pipelines to develop, optimize, and maintain our embedded data plane infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development (C/C++), a passion for open-source technologies, and experience in managing and scaling data flows.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

• Design, implement, and maintain data plane and processing pipelines using various technologies.

• Optimize and enhance the performance of our data plane for high throughput and low latency.

• Integrate data collection with various data sinks such as Azure, S3, and other storage systems.

• Develop custom plugins for our data plane as needed to support unique data processing requirements.

• Collaborate with DevOps to ensure seamless deployment and operation of logging infrastructure.

• Monitor and troubleshoot data plane software to ensure reliability and stability.

• Contribute to the open-source community by reporting issues, contributing to documentation, and submitting patches.

• Assist with developing and integrating a control plane to manage the distributed architecture on a large scale.